November 2024
Why I love Disney – Pocahontas (1995)
Pocahontas is based on a royal legend and is a Native American “princess” which is not necessarily the typical royal family. This is story is[...]
Why I love Disney – Jasmine (1992)
To me, Jasmine is a different kind of princess. Jasmine is the first to represent a non-Western culture as the Princess of the Agrabah and[...]
Why I love Disney – Belle (1991)
Belle is the second princess of the Renaissance era. The story of the Belle (Beauty and the Beast) is adapted from a French fairy tale. [...]
Why I love Disney – Ariel (1989)
The first princess of the Disney Renaissance era, Ariel has also been part of the Disney Princess franchise officially since its creation. Ariel is the[...]
October 2024
Why I love Disney – Aurora/Sleeping Beauty (1959)
Sleeping Beauty is how we all know her, but her real name is Aurora. Sleeping Beauty sleeps through most of the movie but is also[...]
Why I love Disney – Cinderella
The second “official” princess on the list is Cinderella. This is definitely one of the great classic Princesses of all time (and my favorite). Cinderella[...]
Why I love Disney – Snow White
We will start with Snow White who was the first “official” princess on the list. Snow White forever remains a classic with her befriending the dwarves, being[...]
Why I love Disney
I am starting this new series about what we can learn from Disney Princesses but before I get to that I want to talk about[...]
Leadership Potential
As we talk about leadership, we need to consider what we want for ourselves as a leader. So here are some ideas to think about. [...]
September 2024
Leadership Listening
I don’t know about you, but sometimes I don’t listen (my husband would confirm)! But as a leader, we need to LISTEN! In fact, we[...]
Leadership & Your Team
As we talk about leadership, we should also talk about our teams. What are some of the things we need to consider when we talk[...]
Leadership Mindset
Last week we talked about our leadership identity…but what about our mindset? In order to really be successful in leadership (and leadership training) we need[...]
Leadership Identity
You are a leader…but what is your real identity? In my opining, leadership identity is how I view myself as a leader. It encompasses my[...]
August 2024
Leadership Importance
Leadership…we all know that it is important but WHY is it important and what does it really mean? Being a leader may be one of[...]
BE KIND
I would hope that many people would say that I am kind. I often smile at people, provide encouragement or let them borrow something which[...]
July 2024
BE YOUR CHAMPION
How can we become a Champion? And I am not talking a champion in the athletic sense of the word but instead being a champion[...]
BE REALISTIC
We all have had that time (and probably many times) when we were un-realistic with ourselves. It is also proven that negative and unrealistic thoughts[...]
BE GRATEFUL
We are all grateful for so many things in life…but sometimes life gets in the way of our gratitude. How do we learn to live[...]
BE INTENTIONAL
Let’s talk this week about being INTENTIONAL! There are so many pieces of intentionality when we talk about ourselves. One of the biggest pieces of[...]
BE DISCIPLINED
Last week I talked about how to be present…but how do we manage that when we have so many things on our to-do list and[...]





















